Lime green

#72d451

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for lime green, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Lime green, a strong green at 105 degrees. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Lime green color values

Every conversion for #72d451, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#72d451

RGB114, 212, 81

HSL105, 60%, 57%

HSV105, 62%, 83%

CMYK46%, 0%, 62%, 17%

Lab76.84, -52.43, 54.54

XYZ31.97, 51.26, 15.99

Decimal7525457

Web safe#66cc66

Pantone802 C

Shades of lime green

#61cf3c #54c130 #4bac2a #429725 #398220 #2f6d1b #265816 #1d4310 #142e0b #0b1906

Tints of lime green

#7fd861 #8cdc71 #99e081 #a6e491 #b3e8a1 #c0ecb1 #cdf0c1 #daf4d1 #e6f8e1 #f3fbf1

Colors that go with lime green

Complementary#b351d4 Analogous#b3d451 Analogous#51d472 Triadic#5172d4 Triadic#d45172 Split complementary#7251d4 Split complementary#d451b3

Lime green in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 46, 0, 62, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #72d451 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

46 0 62 17

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

46 4 61 23

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Lime green in css

Copy #72d451 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #72d451; }
.text { color: #72d451; }
.border { border: 2px solid #72d451; }

How lime green looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Lime green and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #72d451 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #72d451 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Lime green on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #72d451 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around lime green? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn lime green into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #72d451 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from lime green, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #72d451 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.